Can computer-based feedback improve emergency department patient uptake of rapid HIV screening?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We determine whether (1) an audiocomputer-delivered tailored feedback intervention increases emergency department (ED) patient uptake of opt-in, nontargeted rapid HIV screening; and (2) uptake is greater among patients who report more HIV risk and among those whose self-perceived HIV risk increases from baseline after completion of an HIV risk assessment.

Methods

ED patients aged 18 to 64 years were randomly assigned to receive either an assessment about reported and self-perceived HIV risk or an identical assessment plus feedback about their risk for having or acquiring an HIV infection, tailored according to their reported risk. All participants were offered a fingerstick rapid HIV test. Two-sample tests of binomial proportions were used to compare screening upta

SUBMITTER: Merchant RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3205940 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature